| Murderer 1. (n.) One guilty of murder; a person who, in possession of his reason, unlawfully kills a human being with premeditated malice. 2. (n.) A small cannon, formerly used for clearing a ship's decks of boarders; -- called also murdering piece. Thesaurus Entries Cain, apache, assassin, assassinator, bloodletter, bloodshedder, bravo, burker, butcher, button man, cannibal, cutthroat, desperado, eradicator, executioner, exterminator, garroter, gorilla, gun, gunman, gunsel, hatchet man, head-hunter, hit man, homicidal maniac, homicide, killer, liquidator, man-eater, man-killer, manslayer, massacrer, matador, pesticide, poison, poisoner, slaughterer, slayer, strangler, thug, torpedo, trigger man |